[oclug] Vim Rulez (was Programming Wars - Final Results)

[Jon Earle]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Michael P. Soulier wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:27:04AM -0400, Jon Earle wrote:
> > I've been deliberately playing with vim, and I still have to esc all the
> > time.  God I hate vi.
> > 
> > If only joe had syntax highlighting.  <sigh>
> 
>     Maybe you'd prefer something like nedit then? I like Vim, but nedit seems
> to follow the feel of most editors, and it does syntax highlighting. A friend
> of mine loves it. 
> 
>     Unix is about choice Jon. No one is going to force you. ;-)

I know that Mike.  Basically, I'm just curious as to why people today
still love vi*.  While I like some of it's features, I also find it very
clunky and not at all intuitive.

Cheers!
Jon